The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation laid off 11 of its 45 employees last week. From The Advocate: The cuts come against the backdrop of an economy that still has not fully recovered, and nonprofits everywhere continue to face fund-raising… Read

GLAAD this morning announced that it has accepted the resignation of President Jarrett Barrios and Board Member Troup Coronado. Said Barrios, in a statement: "None of you have asked me to resign, and I have appreciated such confidence in… Read

Politico reports that six board members have resigned from GLAAD's board in the wake of controversy over the letter in support of the AT&T- T-Mobile merger: GLAAD board member Gary Bitner confirmed in an email to POLITICO on Tuesday that he h… Read

Over the weekend, several bloggers and journalists received an email from GLAAD Communications Director Rich Ferraro that President Jarrett Barrios had resigned. The email included the promise of a statement that would be forthcoming soon from the or… Read

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios has resigned, according to information Towleroad obtained from GLAAD Director of Communications Rich Ferraro. The organization will be providing a statement soon. Earlier today, Politico reported that Barri… Read

Last week, I posted about a bizarrely-phrased letter sent from GLAAD to the FCC touting the AT&T – T-Mobile merger that contained some bizarre language linking LGBT rights to the need for 4G coverage. That news last week uncovered some oth… Read

Sad words in today's Boston Globe from GLAAD President Jarret Barrios: I was one of the first elected officials in the country to marry his same-sex partner. In part because there were so many naysayers, we worked to be a model couple — with each… Read

GLAAD just announced that NBC has agreed to its demand that the "Modern Day Wedding Contest" featured on Today be open to same-sex couples. NBC's statement reads, in part: "Over the past few days, Today has received a considerable… Read

In what Newsweek Culture Editor Marc Peyser calls "an effort to clear some smoke away from this fire" started by the Ramin Setoodeh article which said gays couldn't convincingly play straights, Peyser attempts to have a substantive disc… Read

Without mentioning Mancrunch.com specifically, GLAAD yesterday called on CBS to explain why it chose to "exclude an ad with gay content" from Super Bowl programming. Said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios: “CBS has a problem when they do some… Read

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